Women's Basketball Faces Carlow Wednesday Night
The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team hosts Carlow in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week on Wednesday in the Junker Center at 7 p.m.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Carlow
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10 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 53 |
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Penn State Behrend
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33 | 18 | 32 | 15 | 98 |
Team Stats
Carlow
| Game Statistics | Carlow | Penn State Behrend |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (20-70) | (40-86) |
| Field Goal % | 28.6% | 46.5% |
| Rebounds | 42 | 57 |
| Assists | 7 | 20 |
| Turnovers | 16 | 8 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 6 | 21 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 4 | 13 |
| Pts in the Paint | 26 | 54 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 4 | 16 |
| Bench Pts | 13 | 26 |
ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend women's basketball team hosts Carlow in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week on Wednesday in the Junker Center at 7 p.m.
Coverage
Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions are looking to make it eight straight wins on Wednesday after defeating Pitt-Greensburg 88-73 on Saturday
* The win streak is the longest among AMCC teams; La Roche is in second with six
* Earlier this season, Behrend posted a 20-point win over Carlow on the road
* Morgan Altavilla (Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin) averaged a double-double with 31.5 points and 10.0 rebounds in a pair of wins last week, while shooting 52.2 percent from the field
* She drained a career-high 34 points vs. Alfred State and then had her second collegiate double-double with 29 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against Pitt-Greensburg
* Against the Bobcats, the Lions had a season-low three turnovers
* Behrend is outscoring conference opponents, 741-552
* The Lions are 9-1 this season when leading at the half
* Rachel Majewski (Erie, PA/Villa Maria Academy) has led the Lions in scoring seven times this season, while Altavilla was the top performer on six occasions
Carlow News & Notes:
* The Celtics are third in the AMCC standings with a 9-6 record and 7-3 conference mark
* Carlow drained a season-high 22 three pointers and pulled down 64 rebounds to defeat Wells on Saturday, 98-34
* Olivia Chuvala drained eight treys to post a career and game-high 28 points off the bench against the Express
* The Celtics are coming off a 71-61 win over Kuyper (Michigan) on Monday night
* Emily Hillgartner led with 19 points vs. Kuyper, improving her team-lead points average to 15.5 per game
* Sydney Carr ranks second in the AMCC in three-point field-goal percentage, shooting 37.5 percent from behind the arc
Series History:
* This is the fifth meeting between the Lions and Celtics
* The win back in November was the first in program history for the Lions
* Carlow won three in a row during the 1983-84 season